The Hendecagonal Stars in the Alhambra
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Dirk Huylebrouck and Antonia Redondo: The Hendecagonal Stars in the Alhambra. In: Bridges 2016, Pages 497–500.
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Abstract
The ceilings of the pavilions of the Court of Lions in the Alhambra (Granada, Spain) are masterpieces of the Nasrid woodwork. Made in pinewood by the ‘ataurejado’ technique they display a highly unusual decoration in elevensided or hendecagonal rosettes. The geometric explanation of the patterns given in the present paper considers the domes as a near miss polyhedron with eleven-sided faces or as a snub cube. It implies the cupolas of the pavilions can be considered as two early examples of (parts of) those polyhedra.
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@inproceedings{bridges2016:497,
author = {Dirk Huylebrouck and Antonia Redondo},
title = {The Hendecagonal Stars in the Alhambra},
pages = {497--500},
booktitle = {Proceedings of Bridges 2016: Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Education, Culture},
year = {2016},
editor = {Eve Torrence, Bruce Torrence, Carlo S\'equin, Douglas McKenna, Krist\'of Fenyvesi and Reza Sarhangi},
isbn = {978-1-938664-19-9},
issn = {1099-6702},
publisher = {Tessellations Publishing},
address = {Phoenix, Arizona},
url = {http://de.evo-art.org/index.php?title=The_Hendecagonal_Stars_in_the_Alhambra },
note = {Available online at \url{http://archive.bridgesmathart.org/2016/bridges2016-497.html}}
}
Used References
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